Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] be true " in BNC.
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| 1 | For our purposes , facts may be defined as statements which are accepted to be true and may be supported by evidence . |
| 2 | ‘ but invariably , even when we have needed to correct or update details in our reports , the sad fact remains that the overall portrait of horror has been shown to be true and if anything , understated . ’ |
| 3 | It was generally believed that there was some animosity between ‘ Lenny ’ and Herbert von Karajan , although this has never been shown to be true , so the atmosphere in the Philharmonie was electric . |
| 4 | The logic of Defences is to admit those allegations of the pursuer which are known to be true , to deny those which are untrue ( or unknown ) and thereafter to provide such further explanation as is necessary by way of defence . |
| 5 | However , the same has again been found to be true of some normal schizotypal individuals and , notably , the genetically related children of schizophrenics . |
| 6 | If the testable condition evaluates to 1 , for example , the result of the test would be considered to be TRUE and the THEN part of the IF … |
| 7 | NOT 1 evaluates to -2 , which would also be considered to be TRUE . |
| 8 | At first this might sound a little too simple — or a clever exit from responsibility — but if thought about can be seen to be true . |
| 9 | Is saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm so tired ’ natural tiredness-behaviour for us , in spite of the fact that ‘ I 'm tired ’ , unlike yawning , even pretence yawning , can be said to be true or false ? |
| 10 | How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ? |
| 11 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 12 | This can also be shown to be true in BSL , indicating that surface features of languages may be used in different ways to express conceptual material but that these differences should not be seen as deficits . |
| 13 | A large number of facts relevant to a theory must be ascertained by observation under a wide variety of circumstances , and the extent to which the theory can be shown to be true or probably true in the light of those facts by some kind of inductive inference must be established . |
| 14 | According to the latter , only those theories that can be shown to be true or probably true are to be admitted into science . |
| 15 | Once a logical contradiction is admitted to a system of propositions any other proposition and its negation can be proved to be true by virtue of the rules of formal logic . |
| 16 | These difficulties have resolved themselves into the question : is the comment " fair " , in the sense of being one which the commentator could honestly express , on the strength of such of his facts as can be proved to be true ? |
| 17 | Professor Glennerster says that his research shows that none of the alleged scares about the scheme could be found to be true . |
| 18 | And if it does , how can it be known to be true ? |
| 19 | What is being said , in effect , it might be argued , is that there exist certain propositions which can be known to be true , and if so , existential propositions will not have been " eliminated " ; only the values of the variables of quantification will have been changed , with propositions taking the place of ontological objects . |
| 20 | Both find that life , and of course the activity of philosophy , is untenable without some standards of absolute truth , the canon of ‘ reason ’ , which can generate knowledge that can be held to be true regardless of perspective or context . |
| 21 | It would only be possible to say this if assertion ( b ) were known to be true , and that all those who never consulted analysts and therapists were ‘ normal ’ . |
| 22 | However , anything which is non-zero is considered to be TRUE . |
| 23 | This can give rise to confusion since +1 is considered to be TRUE and NOT(+1) is -2 , which is also considered to be TRUE . |
| 24 | ELSE is evaluated , FALSE=0 and anything else is considered to be TRUE . |
| 25 | If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true . |
| 26 | The marriage of a person who has been judicially declared insane is totally void , and the same is said to be true of any disposition of property made by such a person . |
| 27 | A revelation from God is bound to be true , ‘ but whether it be a divine revelation , or no , reason must judge ’ . |
| 28 | It is self-evident , I take it , that if ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are true , then ( 3 ) is bound to be true . |
| 29 | If the statement he makes is found to be true it will not be defamatory ( see Justification below ) . |
| 30 | For this is the poetry of statement , of clear prose exposition of what is known to be true — ‘ This , which I know , I speak with mind serene ’ ( line 40 ) . |